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Role-play - My local area

Practise taking part in a conversation about your local area. Read the instructions and prepare what you will say.

Scenario

You are staying with a French family and you are talking to a member of your host family about your home towns. Respond to the questions the family member asks and address him/her as tu. He/she will start the conversation.

The bullet points give an idea of what might be asked, so use these to prepare. Where there is an exclamation mark (!) a surprise question will be asked and where there is a question mark (?), you will need to ask a question yourself.

Tu fais un séjour chez une famille française. Tu parles de ta ville avec un membre de la famille.

1. Ta ville - description.
2. Ton opinion.
3. !
4. Activités dans ta ville.
5. ? Ville - opinion.

Listen to this example role-play.

Transcript:

Friend - Parle-moi de ta ville. C’est comment ?

Student - J’habite dans une grande ville, pas loin de Londres. Il y a beaucoup de magasins et ma ville est très industrielle.

Friend - Tu aimes ta ville ?

Student - Oui, j’aime bien ma ville parce qu’elle est moderne et il y a beaucoup de choses à faire.

Teacher: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait récemment dans ta ville ?

Student - Je suis allée au cinéma avec mes copains et puis nous avons mangé dans un restaurant chinois. C’était génial.

Friend - Tu préfères habiter en ville ou à la campagne ?

Student - En ville, parce que je trouve ça plus amusant.

Friend - Ah, bon.

Student - Est-ce que tu aimes ta ville ?

Friend - Oui, j’aime beaucoup ma ville.

Translation:

Friend - Tell me about your town. What’s it like?

Student - I live in a big town, not far from London. There are lots of shops in my town and it’s very industrial.

Friend - Do you like your town?

Student - Yes, I like my town because it is modern and there are lots of things to do.

Friend - What did you do recently in your town?

Student - I went to the cinema with my friends and then we ate in a Chinese restaurant. It was great.

Friend - Do you prefer living in a town or in the countryside?

Student - In a town, because I find it more fun.

Friend - Ah, OK.

Student - Do you like your town?

Friend - Yes, I like my town a lot.